Paired data is the data that is recorded for the same unit of analysis (i.e., person, animal, etc) over a period of time. Paired data often results when the researcher is testing the impact of an intervention, or when the researcher is conducting an experiment. The techniques used for testing the impact of an intervention (or for analyzing paired data) are the paired sample t-test and McNemar’s test.

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